Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κακόξενος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακόξενος κακόξενη κακόξενον

Structure: κακοξεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. unfortunate in guests
  2. unfriendly to strangers, inhospitable

Examples

  • προσπελάσῃ λιμέσιν, μεμφέσθω μὴ λαῖτμα κακόξενον, ἀλλ’ ἑό τόλμαν, ὅστισ ἀφ’ ἡμετέρου πείσματ’ ἔλυσε τάφου. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2643)

Synonyms

  1. unfortunate in guests

  2. unfriendly to strangers

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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